Maggie d'Abo
Maggie d'Abo (real name, Margaret E. Lyndon) is an English model and actress. Her career took place mostly during the Sixties.
Biography
Born in England in 1937, Margaret E. Lyndon took the professional pseudonym Maggie London, later changing her name to Maggie d'Abo after marriage with musician Mike d'Abo, a member of the rock band Manfred Mann.
She worked mainly as a model but in the course of her career, which took place mainly during the Sixties, had the opportunity to take part in some television series and a few blockbusters.
During her marriage, that ended in a divorce, two children were born: Olivia d'Abo and Benjamin Byron (Ben) d'Abo, both actors.
Equally actress her niece, Maryam d'Abo.
Career as a model
In the mid-sixties Maggie d'Abo was included in the catalog fashion agency Jane Bell. These are its features: 5 ft. 6 in. tall, blue eyes, red hair, Bust: 34 in., Waist: 23 in., Hips: 36 in. Specializes in Hair and Legs.
Filmography
TV series
Date |
Title |
Episode |
Character |
|---|---|---|---|
20 October 1968 |
The Saint |
The Desperate Diplomat |
Julie |
12 July 1969 |
Paul Temple |
There must be a Mr X |
Sandra Leighton |
3 June 1970 |
Randall and Hopkirk |
You can Always Find a Fall Guy |
Nurse |
Movies
Year |
Title |
Director |
Character |
|---|---|---|---|
1964 |
A Hard Day's Night |
Richard Lester |
Disco Girl |
1964 |
Hide and Seek |
Cy Endfield |
Party Girl |
1967 |
Maroc 7 |
Gerry O'Hara |
Suzie |
1968 |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
Stanley Kubrick |
Hostess in the space station elevator |
Career as an actress
Maggie d'Abo's cinema career was small supporting roles. In the Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night, for example, she plays a beautiful blonde girl that during a night party at a club has the opportunity to dance with George Harrison and with Ringo Starr.
To be noted, her participation (not listed in the end credits) in 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick. She plays the role of one of the hostess in the pink uniform in the space station: who accompanies Dr. Heywood Floyd (played by William Sylvester) to the elevator. Even in this occasion, her participation is limited to a few moments and a couple of lines.
However, it is curious to note that in this case the actress is the first character to speak after more than twenty minutes of film, which, up to then, presents no dialogue, but only sounds and background music (during the first part, entitled The Dawn of Man, and subsequently with the arrival of the shuttle at the space station).
Bibliography
In 2011, Maggie d'Abo had plans to publish an autobiography by the title A Girl in the Right Place at the Right Time: to date, however, the book is still unpublished.
However, her participation in "2001: A Space Odyssey" is quoted in an essay by F. Ordway, technical consultant for the film, in the volume:
- Eugene M.Emme, (eds.) Science fiction and space futures – past and present. AAS History Series, Volume 5; Univelt, San Diego, 1982 p. 64
External links
- http://studioofstyle.blogspot.it/2012/05/maggie-london-on-vidal-sassoon-true.html (in English)
- http://truthaboutthebeatlesgirls.tumblr.com/post/18970678575/the-girls-of-a-hard-days-night-highlighting-the (in English)
- http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=63986 (in English)
- http://2001italia.blogspot.it/2013/05/un-paio-di-giorni-sono-diventati.html (amateur blog, interview, in Italian; 20 May 2013)
- http://2001italia.blogspot.it/2013/06/two-days-turned-into-four-weeks.html (amateur blog, interview, in English; 6.04.2013)